CONTRACEPTION/BREAST CANCER LINK FOUND IN CERTAIN CASES

WASHINGTON, December 4, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study has found that women who used the contraceptive pill at a young age, or before 1975, when hormone doses were at more dangerous levels, face a higher risk of breast cancer if they are genetically predisposed.  A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, based on a study of more than 2,600 women in 11 countries, found that women with the BRCA1 gene mutation who took oral contraceptives 25 years ago faced an increased lifetime risk of breast cancer by 33 percent to 42 percent when compared with carriers of the gene mutation who did not take the pill.  Dr. Steven A. Narod, chairman of breast cancer research at the Centre for Research on Women’s Health at the University of Toronto, and other pro-contraception doctors were quick to say that more recent generations of the pill are “safe” because of the lower doses of hormones now used.  To visit the Journal of the National Cancer Institute:  https://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org/  https://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-breast-cancer-contraception1204dec03,0,6941189.story?coll=sns%2Dap%2Dpolitics%2Dheadlines   For related coverage see:  BIRTH CONTROL PILL/BREAST CANCER STUDY ANOTHER VICTIM OF BIASED REPORTING https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jul/02070207.html   BIRTH CONTROL PILL LINKED TO 400% INCREASED RISK OF CERVICAL CANCER https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/mar/02032604.html